OpenAI's Astra remixes George Michael with pro software and real taste
illscience · x · 2026-09-05
- Poster illscience watches OpenAI's Astra remix George Michael inside the Codex app: the model operates complex pro audio software, writes music, dials in effects, and uses samples tastefully.
- He argues what's astounding isn't just software use but the musical choices themselves — combining lightning-fast computer use, a dialed-in interface, and compute supply, OpenAI has delivered what he calls an AGI-class model with eyes, ears and heart.
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